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Test 4 · ★ · Closed doors, whispers and secrets

An older boy says «If you tell anyone what happened, you'll be in big trouble.» You feel scared. What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: older boy, you · What happens: say, tell, happen, be, feel, do · To what, where: anyone, big trouble · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: An older boy says «If you tell anyone what happened, you'll be in big trouble.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	8 tell	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 tell	obj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 happened	nsubj
11	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 anyone	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 trouble	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 trouble	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 trouble	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 trouble	cop
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 trouble	case
17	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 trouble	amod
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a older boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
3	happen in a quote	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is in a quote	future	you			big trouble			tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: You feel scared.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 feel	nsubj
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feel	xcomp
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	You					scared property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 3: What should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Wait until you're grown up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 grown	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 grown	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grown	aux:pass
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 grown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow up	present · passive		you					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult			anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Only tell it to your diary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 diary	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 diary	nmod:poss
6	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	it	your diary				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to diary=Recipient

Option 4

Keep the secret so you're safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 safe	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 safe	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
2	is	present	you					safe property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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